Australian House & Garden

BLUE-SKY THINKING

“I just knew we had to change the colour to blue. The owners trusted me completely.”
KATE WALKER, INTERIOR DESIGNER

any people feel a little uneasy when taken out of their comfort zone but from a design perspective it is often the best place to be if you are going to achieve something wonderful. In the case of this family who were looking to move from their home in inner-city Melbourne to Mount Martha where they had holidayed happily for years, the house they inspected with a view to buying was hardly their dream property. But

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